48 Cited authorities

Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
29 Cal.4th 1134 (Cal. 2003) Cited 1,692 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"
Blank v. Kirwan
39 Cal.3d 311 (Cal. 1985) Cited 3,071 times
Holding that the standard for a failure to state a claim is whether "the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"
Aubry v. Tri-City Hospital Dist.
2 Cal.4th 962 (Cal. 1992) Cited 1,196 times 1 Legal Analyses
In Aubry, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th 579 at pages 587 through 588, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 703, the court, citing language from Labor Council, held the Regents were not required to pay private contractors the prevailing wage under section 1770 et seq., which applies to public works, for the construction of student and staff housing.
Silberg v. Anderson
50 Cal.3d 205 (Cal. 1990) Cited 1,035 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the litigation privilege applied, even after the finality of a marriage dissolution decree, to an attorney who made statements during a marriage dissolution proceeding
Wong v. Jing
189 Cal.App.4th 1354 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) Cited 381 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding "claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress is not an independent tort but the tort of negligence to which the traditional elements of duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages apply"
Kashian v. Harriman
98 Cal.App.4th 892 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002) Cited 446 times
Holding that even the "fil[ing] [of] meritless lawsuits on behalf of 'sham plaintiffs'" was "essentially communicative conduct" to which the litigation privilege applied, "even though it also may have involved noncommunicative acts"
Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
11 Cal.4th 376 (Cal. 1995) Cited 529 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that the tort of intentional or negligence interference with prospective economic advantage requires that a defendant's interference be wrongful "by some measure beyond the fact of the interference itself
Hagberg v. California Federal Bank FSB
32 Cal.4th 350 (Cal. 2004) Cited 404 times
Holding that civilians who provide information leading to an arrest cannot be held liable for false arrest
Fisher v. San Pedro Peninsula Hosp.
214 Cal.App.3d 590 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989) Cited 507 times
Holding that despite sufficiently pled sexual harassment by a physician, plaintiff must also sufficiently plead employer ratified acts to plead prayer for punitive damages against employer
Nally v. Grace Community Church
47 Cal.3d 278 (Cal. 1988) Cited 517 times
Holding that nontherapist counselors did not have a duty to prevent the suicide of a person who was not in their custody

Memorandum Points and Authorities

48 Cited authorities

Holding that plaintiff cannot recover damages under Cal. Bus. Prof. Code § 17200 unless plaintiff has "an ownership interest in the money it seeks to recover"

Holding that the standard for a failure to state a claim is whether "the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"

Holding that the litigation privilege applied, even after the finality of a marriage dissolution decree, to an attorney who made statements during a marriage dissolution proceeding

Holding "claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress is not an independent tort but the tort of negligence to which the traditional elements of duty, breach of duty, causation, and damages apply"

Holding that even the "fil[ing] [of] meritless lawsuits on behalf of 'sham plaintiffs'" was "essentially communicative conduct" to which the litigation privilege applied, "even though it also may have involved noncommunicative acts"

Holding that the tort of intentional or negligence interference with prospective economic advantage requires that a defendant's interference be wrongful "by some measure beyond the fact of the interference itself

Holding that civilians who provide information leading to an arrest cannot be held liable for false arrest

Holding that despite sufficiently pled sexual harassment by a physician, plaintiff must also sufficiently plead employer ratified acts to plead prayer for punitive damages against employer

Holding that nontherapist counselors did not have a duty to prevent the suicide of a person who was not in their custody